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Sustainability and Climate Change in the agriculture sector
... • Impacts will vary in intensity at local, regional and global levels • Uncertainty concerning the extent of impacts, but agricultural production in the developing countries is projected to be worst affected • For the major crops (wheat, rice, and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, climate ch ...
... • Impacts will vary in intensity at local, regional and global levels • Uncertainty concerning the extent of impacts, but agricultural production in the developing countries is projected to be worst affected • For the major crops (wheat, rice, and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, climate ch ...
Energy Sector (CLP
... Climate is changing anyway & countries will act, so we need to step up adaptation and position for new business opportunities today, since it takes time to implement… ...
... Climate is changing anyway & countries will act, so we need to step up adaptation and position for new business opportunities today, since it takes time to implement… ...
PowerPoint - Surfrider Foundation Public Files
... decision making Mitigation measures (Green streets, Ocean Friendly Gardens, emissions reduction, etc.) Advancing Climate Change Adaptation (managed retreat, setbacks, erosion control, “living shorelines”, etc..) Incentivizing Adaptation Measures. (grants, tax breaks for managed retreat, deed r ...
... decision making Mitigation measures (Green streets, Ocean Friendly Gardens, emissions reduction, etc.) Advancing Climate Change Adaptation (managed retreat, setbacks, erosion control, “living shorelines”, etc..) Incentivizing Adaptation Measures. (grants, tax breaks for managed retreat, deed r ...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) Reductions amounting to an average of 5% over the five-year period 2008-2012 is ...
... reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) Reductions amounting to an average of 5% over the five-year period 2008-2012 is ...
The Time is Now - The Climate Change Commission
... Convergence and integration of CCAM-DRRM in the whole of government is being pursued through a holistic, risk-and-science-based approach to national and local development planning and program implementation to achieve national targets. ...
... Convergence and integration of CCAM-DRRM in the whole of government is being pursued through a holistic, risk-and-science-based approach to national and local development planning and program implementation to achieve national targets. ...
IWRM as a Tool for Adaptation to Climate Change - Cap-Net
... Changes in temperature and precipitation characterised by uncertainties regarding: •magnitude •timing •spatial distribution As well as uncertainties with respect to vulnerabilities. ...
... Changes in temperature and precipitation characterised by uncertainties regarding: •magnitude •timing •spatial distribution As well as uncertainties with respect to vulnerabilities. ...
The Economics of Climate Change. Chris Taylor
... No point acting as other countries are not acting/will not act It is other countries that should be acting ...
... No point acting as other countries are not acting/will not act It is other countries that should be acting ...
Derivation of the temperature increase equation: ΔT = 1.66 ln (C/Co)
... convection and scattering can be neglected. Finally, we assume local thermodynamic equilibrium. This means that in a localised atmospheric volume below 40kms we consider it to be isotropic (emission is non- directional) with a uniform temperature. Here Kirchhoff’s Law is applicable so that emissivit ...
... convection and scattering can be neglected. Finally, we assume local thermodynamic equilibrium. This means that in a localised atmospheric volume below 40kms we consider it to be isotropic (emission is non- directional) with a uniform temperature. Here Kirchhoff’s Law is applicable so that emissivit ...
Hot Times in the City - Population Association of America
... most future population growth will occur. Given the poor economic state of many countries in these continents, population scientists also suggest that contingency planning should consider the socioeconomic profile of the people and their needs when preparing for the possibility of natural disasters ...
... most future population growth will occur. Given the poor economic state of many countries in these continents, population scientists also suggest that contingency planning should consider the socioeconomic profile of the people and their needs when preparing for the possibility of natural disasters ...
Meetings
... The findings of the scientists will be made available for the planning of the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC which is due in 2013. “Increasing computational power, and advances in process understanding and observations, now permit global climate models to address regional climate change and ex ...
... The findings of the scientists will be made available for the planning of the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC which is due in 2013. “Increasing computational power, and advances in process understanding and observations, now permit global climate models to address regional climate change and ex ...
Step 3: What Is a Climate Summit?
... out from our homes and community to larger regional issues (food systems and oceans). As our field of view has expanded we have seen that environmental issues do not stop at political borders. This final cycle takes a global perspective on a global environmental issue -climate change. ...
... out from our homes and community to larger regional issues (food systems and oceans). As our field of view has expanded we have seen that environmental issues do not stop at political borders. This final cycle takes a global perspective on a global environmental issue -climate change. ...
EU DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOOD SECURITY
... More likely to reside in disaster prone areas Fewer assets and poorer access to services Have less capacity to respond Women farmers, socially excluded groups, landless face particular problems ...
... More likely to reside in disaster prone areas Fewer assets and poorer access to services Have less capacity to respond Women farmers, socially excluded groups, landless face particular problems ...
Summary of Downscaling Methods
... Simple Downscaling Ecology Example • Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere. Lawler et al. 2009, Ecology • Used 10 AOGCMs, 3 emissions scenarios, essentially interpolated to 50 km scale • Applied to bioclimatic models (associates current range of species to current climat ...
... Simple Downscaling Ecology Example • Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere. Lawler et al. 2009, Ecology • Used 10 AOGCMs, 3 emissions scenarios, essentially interpolated to 50 km scale • Applied to bioclimatic models (associates current range of species to current climat ...
Objective of Downscaling
... Simple Downscaling Ecology Example • Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere. Lawler et al. 2009, Ecology • Used 10 AOGCMs, 3 emissions scenarios, essentially interpolated to 50 km scale • Applied to bioclimatic models (associates current range of species to current climat ...
... Simple Downscaling Ecology Example • Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere. Lawler et al. 2009, Ecology • Used 10 AOGCMs, 3 emissions scenarios, essentially interpolated to 50 km scale • Applied to bioclimatic models (associates current range of species to current climat ...
No Slide Title
... resolution, global and regional Earth System models, validated against quality controlled, high resolution gridded datasets for Europe, to produce for the first time, an objective probabalistic estimate of uncertainty in future climate at the seasonal, decadal and longer timescales ...
... resolution, global and regional Earth System models, validated against quality controlled, high resolution gridded datasets for Europe, to produce for the first time, an objective probabalistic estimate of uncertainty in future climate at the seasonal, decadal and longer timescales ...
Climate Change - climateknowledge.org
... Stabilization / Total burden of Greenhouse Gases • Have this notion of controlling emissions to stabilize the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere at some value. – That is, there was some value of emissions that would match the loss of CO2 into the plants, soil and oceans. – However, CO2 is excha ...
... Stabilization / Total burden of Greenhouse Gases • Have this notion of controlling emissions to stabilize the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere at some value. – That is, there was some value of emissions that would match the loss of CO2 into the plants, soil and oceans. – However, CO2 is excha ...
project information document (pid)
... The BCCRF is designed as a ‘one-stop’ mechanism for large-scale climate change financing in Bangladesh with two windows: an on-budget window for funding public sector projects; and, an off-budget window for funding projects from civil society organizations (CSOs). The objectives and guiding principl ...
... The BCCRF is designed as a ‘one-stop’ mechanism for large-scale climate change financing in Bangladesh with two windows: an on-budget window for funding public sector projects; and, an off-budget window for funding projects from civil society organizations (CSOs). The objectives and guiding principl ...
TEDxCC
... Every cost needs to show up on balance sheet – including externalities – or returned to those initiating the action. Harmful economic activity will drop. Founding fathers might have protected us better and put SUSTAINABILITY at the top of concerns – 1st amendment. Yoram Bauman – standup Economist – ...
... Every cost needs to show up on balance sheet – including externalities – or returned to those initiating the action. Harmful economic activity will drop. Founding fathers might have protected us better and put SUSTAINABILITY at the top of concerns – 1st amendment. Yoram Bauman – standup Economist – ...
Global Warming and the IPCC Gordon J. Aubrecht, II Physics
... “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. This is an advance since the TAR’s conclusion that ‘most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to ha ...
... “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. This is an advance since the TAR’s conclusion that ‘most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to ha ...
Slide 1
... fuel producers to use at least 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022: 15 billion gallons as corn-ethanol, by 2015 16 billion gallons as cellulosic biofuel, by 2022 5 billion gallons as advanced biofuel, by 2022 • Life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from biofuel production will be regulated by ...
... fuel producers to use at least 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022: 15 billion gallons as corn-ethanol, by 2015 16 billion gallons as cellulosic biofuel, by 2022 5 billion gallons as advanced biofuel, by 2022 • Life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from biofuel production will be regulated by ...
Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America
... are already unavoidable, much scope remains for human agency and ingenuity in crafting mitigation strategies to address the causes of climate change itself and in adapting to address the consequences.4 An optimal national strategy would employ both mitigation and adaptation efforts and should embody ...
... are already unavoidable, much scope remains for human agency and ingenuity in crafting mitigation strategies to address the causes of climate change itself and in adapting to address the consequences.4 An optimal national strategy would employ both mitigation and adaptation efforts and should embody ...
LIST 8
... Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the remarks at a regular press conference here Thursday in response to a reporter's question on the inaugural speech of Obama, who took the oath of office on Jan. 20. ...
... Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the remarks at a regular press conference here Thursday in response to a reporter's question on the inaugural speech of Obama, who took the oath of office on Jan. 20. ...
mr_laltaika_presentation - African Commission on Human and
... • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - This was formed in 1988 by the WMO and the UNEP and tasked to provide scientific information on climate change. • The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – This is a Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) which was adopted durin ...
... • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - This was formed in 1988 by the WMO and the UNEP and tasked to provide scientific information on climate change. • The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – This is a Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) which was adopted durin ...
Climate Change - Province of British Columbia
... will be supported by appropriate social and natural science experts from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. hh Review and update, through the assessment process, existing B.C. Government policies, strategies and operational activities to ensure that they will deliver the desired objectives ...
... will be supported by appropriate social and natural science experts from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. hh Review and update, through the assessment process, existing B.C. Government policies, strategies and operational activities to ensure that they will deliver the desired objectives ...